Pork production is accelerating, prices are lower, and demand is improving. New Data from the Department of Agriculture shows that lower pork prices this year have encouraged domestic and foreign…
EPA Releases RFS Waiver Information Online
…and agriculture markets. EPA says it will also post the latest Renewable Identification Numbers (RIN) weekly average prices as well as the volume of RINs sold. Growth Energy CEO Emily…
Foreign Market Development Faces Funding Gap
…and low prices, lack of funding, which likely leads to closing offices and letting staff go is a signal to our competitors that we’re ceding the market to you,” says…
Rabobank: Global Poultry Prices Under Pressure
…the months ahead. Analysts in the report say that drop could reverse by 2019. “Chinese consumers may turn from pork to poultry and push prices somewhat higher,” the report says….
China Sets More Tariffs on U.S. Food and Ag Imports
…Trump is prepared to go even higher, saying Tuesday that he’s ready to impose duties on another $267 billion in Chinese imports. The new tariff list includes meat products, including…
Global Pork Production Shifting Because of Virus
…supplies. Surplus pork supplies are weighing the markets down as producers are rushing to market their healthy animals. Chinese pork prices have risen 40 percent since the country put the…
There were at least 35,000 acres of asparagus...Now you're looking at about 2,000 acres.
Jeff Klein, California Asparagus Commissioner
Growth Energy Launches Bus Tour Promoting E15
The summer ban on E15 sales in select areas ended over the weekend as Growth Energy launched a campaign to promote E15 and higher blended fuels. As part of their…
Farm Bureau Details Trade, Tariff Impacts on Agriculture
…from $3.10 to $4.10 per bushel. This is down from July, when USDA projected corn prices at $3.30 to $4.30 per bushel. In one month, the estimated price declined 5-to-6…
ASF Found in Belgium and Spreading in China
…spread of the disease, especially into central China, where most of the nation’s pork farms are located. The moves have also pressured hog prices in northern China as hog supplies…
WASDE Predicts Second-largest Corn Crop, Record Soybean Crop
…billion bushels, up 241 million from last month on an increased yield forecast. The outlook predicts larger production, increased domestic use, greater exports, and higher ending stocks. The season-average corn…
USDA Says Meat and Animal Product Exports up in 2018
…exports led the way, increasing by nearly 20 percent, likely due to competitive prices. Lamb and mutton exports increased by 16 percent, albeit from a much smaller base than other…
California Cotton Acreage Falls Short of Early Predictions
…positivity in the industry. “Both Upland and Pima prices are doing really well at this point…and the crop has turned out to be, at least so far knock-on-wood, really, really…
Lawsuits Seeking Mandatory Travel Pay for Ag Workers
…anti-farming, anti-business efforts in California over the years, but we believe mandated travel pay may be the worst yet for farmers…Ag employers are already going to be hit with higher…